Shor Shamanic Epic Folktales: Traditional Siberian Shamanic Tales

by Alexander Arbachakov and Luba Arbachakov

The Shor are a small indigenous minority in southern Siberia occupying southern Kemerovo Oblast. Their population numbers under 12,000. The Shor language belongs to the Khakass subgroup of the Uyghur-Oguz group of Turkic languages. Only about 1,000 people speak the native Shor tongue today. The Shor heroic tales are the largest and most long-standing genre of Shor folklore. They were generally performed at home in the evening or at night. They not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178904006X
• ISBN13: 9781789040067
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Moon Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 8.4"